7-Eleven
| Basic information | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1927-05-15 |
| Legal Structure | Public subsidiary |
| Industry | Retail |
| Also known as | |
| Official website | https://www.7-eleven.com/ |
7-Eleven is an American retailer store that is an subsidiary of Seven eleven Japan that is owned by Seven & I Holdings. Founded in 1927 by Joe C. Thompson, origionally known as Southland Ice Company, it operated ice houses in Dallas Texas until it became an subsidiary of Southland Corporation. As a result of new ownership, all the retailers were named to Tote'm Stores, until renamed to 7-eleven in 1947 to reflect their new hours of 7am - 11 pm. [1]
Consumer-impact summary
Incidents
This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the 7-Eleven category.
7-Eleven Sold Vape Near Schools
- Main article: link to the main CR Wiki article
7-Eleven Recorded people faces from survey responses without consent
Underpaying It's Employees scandal
Lawsuits
Smt smt
https://evilcorporations.com/7-eleven-worker-misclassification-neoliberalism/
Too much control over franchisees
https://evilcorporations.com/7-eleven-worker-misclassification-neoliberalism/
https://unhappyfranchisee.com/7-eleven-class-action-franchise-lawsuit-brewing/
https://unhappyfranchisee.com/nj-lawsuit-7-eleven-franchise-scam/
https://unhappyfranchisee.com/7-eleven-franchise-lawsuits-vikram-bhalla-vs-7-eleven-inc/
7- eleven Surveilling and Stalking their employees
https://unhappyfranchisee.com/7-eleven-franchise-lawsuit-adnan-khan/
7-Eleven Running Background Checks on individuals without their knowledge
Wage Violations (bro wtf is this company bro . . .)
https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/sol/sol20230929
Collected Customer Bio-metric Data Without consent nor clarification
https://kkilawyers.com.au/privacy-and-biometric-information-7-eleven-breaches-customers-privacy/
Collected Facial Images of customers and storing them without consent
7-Eleven Doing an Soda Tax for a Sweeten Tea on an Customer
https://csnews.com/class-action-beverage-tax-lawsuit-against-7-eleven-dismissed
https://headless-stage.courthousenews.com/consumers-accuse-chains-misapplying-illinois-soda-tax/
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2017/10/13/7-eleven-settles-lawsuit-with-customer-over-soda-tax-charge/
False Advertising on Potato Chips
Persuaded consumers into accepting marketing messages for future text advertisements
Racial segregation lawsuit filed by former employee
https://www.entrepreneur.com/franchises/franchisees-take-7-eleven-to-court-for-alleged-racial/235895
Workers Not getting paid overtime
https://www.classaction.org/news/new-york-city-7-eleven-franchisee-hit-with-unpaid-overtime-lawsuit
Acquired stores without permission
https://csnews.com/7-eleven-faces-ftc-penalty-over-florida-store-acquisition
Work without meal breaks
https://www.cstoredive.com/news/7-eleven-settles-wage-related-lawsuit-missed-meals/644771/
See also
- hey good lookin ;P
- brian culberston- say What
References
- ↑ "7-Eleven". Popular Timelines. 2026-01-29. Retrieved 2026-01-29.
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